Manage your online storage quota

You can store up to 15 GB of content shared between Google Drive, Gmail, and Google+ Photos for free. If you use Google Apps at work or school, you have at least 30 GB of storage. If you’re approaching your limit or if you've run out of storage, you can buy storage or free up storage space.

If you choose to buy a storage plan, the plan you select will be your new total storage limit. For example if you choose 1 TB, your new total storage limit after buying the plan will be 1 TB.

Reduce your storage usage

Synced or uploaded files that are in your Trash use storage space (Google Docs don’t take up storage space). When you empty your Trash, permanently removing files and folders, you'll recover some of your storage quota. Here’s how to purge items from your Trash:

If you've run out of storage, it's possible that you have items stored in Google+ Photos that are using your storage quota. Consider deleting unnecessary items from G+ Photos to recover some of the storage quota you'd like to use for Drive.